Countries
Indonesia
Andaman and Nicobar Islands, Bangladesh, India, Sierra Leone
Total No. Of Countries
14
0
46
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National Language
Indonesia
Bangladesh, India
Second Language
Not spoken in any of the countries
India
Speaking Continents
Asia
Asia
Minority Language
Malaysia, Netherlands, Singapore, Suriname
Australia, Canada, Italy, Japan, Kuwait, Malaysia, Maldives, Nepal, Oman, Pakistan, Qatar, Saudi Arabia, Singapore, South Africa, South Korea, United Arab Emirates, United Kingdom, United States of America
Regulated By
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Bangla Academy, Paschimbanga Bangla Akademi
Interesting Facts
- The Javanese group is the largest ethnic group in Indonesian.
- The earliest writing in Javanese dates from the 4th Century AD, at that time Javanese was written with the Pallava alphabet.
- Bengali language is the World's sweetest language.
- 21st February is celebrated as an International Mother Language day, which is based on Bengali language.
Similar To
Madurese, Sundanese and Balinese Languages
Assamese and Oriya
Derived From
-
Sanskrit Language
Alphabets in
Alphabets
2751
18
247
👆🏻
Phonology
How Many Vowels
611
0
32
👆🏻
How Many Consonants
2140
9
60
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Scripts
Arabic, Javanese, Latin
Bengali, Brahmic family and derivatives
Writing Direction
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
Hard to Learn
Language Levels
42
2
12
👆🏻
Time Taken to Learn
36 weeks44 weeks
3
88
👆🏻
Hello
Halo
হ্যালো (Hyālō)
Thank You
matur nuwun
ধন্যবাদ (dhonnobad)
How Are You?
piye kabare?
কেমন আছিস? (kêmon achhish?)
Good Night
wengi sing apik
শুভরাত্রি (shubhoratri)
Good Evening
Sugeng sọnten
শুভ সন্ধ্যা। (shubho shondha)
Good Afternoon
Sugeng siang
ভাল বৈকাল (Bhāla Baikāla)
Good Morning
Sugeng énjing
সুপ্রভাত (shuprobhat)
Please
matur nuwun
অনুগ্রহ করে (Anugraha karē)
Sorry
Nyuwun pangapunten
দুঃখিত (dukkhito)
Bye
Kepanggih malih benjang
বিদায় (Bidāẏa)
I Love You
Kula tresna panjengan
আমি আপনাকে ভালোবাসি (ami apnake bhalobashi)
Excuse Me
Nuwun séwu
মাফ করবেন (Māpha karabēna)
Dialect 1
Pekalongan
Chakma
Where They Speak
Indonesia
Bangladesh, Burma, India
How Many People Speak
82,000,000.00330,000.00
1.5
960000000
👆🏻
Dialect 2
Cirebon
Hajong
Where They Speak
Indonesia
Bangladesh, India
How Many People Speak
82,000,000.0071,000.00
700
274000000
👆🏻
Dialect 3
Arekan
Rarhi
Where They Speak
Indonesia
India
How Many People Speak
82,000,000.00230,000,000.00
2
230000000
👆🏻
Total No. Of Dialects
1625
0
188
👆🏻
How Many People Speak?
82.00 million215.00 million
0
1200
👆🏻
Speaking Population
1.25 %3.11 %
0
89
👆🏻
Native Speakers
76.00 million196.00 million
0
873
👆🏻
Second Language Speakers
82.00 million19.00 million
0.01
400
👆🏻
Native Name
basa Jawa
বাংলা (baɛṅlā)
Alternative Names
Djawa, Jawa
Bangala, Bangla, Bangla-Bhasa
French Name
javanais
bengali
German Name
Javanisch
Bengali
Pronunciation
[dʒɑˈʋɑnɛs]
[ˈbeŋɡali]
Ethnicity
Javanese (Mataram, Osing, Tenggerese, Boyanese, Samin, Cirebonese, Banyumasan, etc)
Bengalis (Bengali people)
Origin
450 AD
1000–1200 CE
Language Family
Austronesian Family
Indo-European Family
Subgroup
Indonesian
Indo-Iranian
Branch
-
Indic
Language Forms
Early Forms
No early forms
Abahatta, Old Bengali
Standard Forms
Javanese
Bengali
Language Position
114
1
120
👆🏻
Signed Forms
Javanese Sign Language
Signed Bengali
Scope
Individual
Individual
ISO 639 1
jv
bn
ISO 639 2
ISO 639 2/T
jav
ben
ISO 639 2/B
jav
ben
ISO 639 3
jav
ben
ISO 639 6
jav
ben
Glottocode
java1253
beng1280
Linguasphere
No data available
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Types of Language
Language Type
Living
Living
Language Linguistic Typology
Subject-Verb-Object
-
Language Morphological Typology
Agglutinative
-